To my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be kind. But to be brave you will need to know how to stand for something even if you are completely alone.’
NIKITA GILLThe greatest magic you have is the courage you go digging for, when your world falls apart, the light you still hold, when everything has grown dark.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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Why be a half-finished poem in some forgotten poet’s story, when one can be an odyssey in and of herself, part magic, part villain, part Goddess, part lover.
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All the darkness of the night is no match for a single candle that refuses to die out.
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You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.
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Love someone who is kinder to you than you are to yourself.
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I had hoped one day to find someone who loves my monsters, the wolves that I feed, the demons I sing to sleep, the tiger that is my caged heart, the parts of me I do not talk about. I prayed and wished and yearned until I realized that I had already found her within me.
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When I held her, I held her gently so that she always knew she could fly away and I would never harm her or clip her wings.
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Grief makes unlikely warriors out of us all.
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Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice. Some are made of witchcraft and wolf and a little bit of vice.
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I am so hungry for someone to love me.
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Softer memories once lived there. Where there is now burning. Where there is now blood.
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Forgive her for how her agony reveals itself, child. This is how blood magic works. Unconditional never meant perfect anyway.
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The rose is not everyone’s favorite flower, but that does not make it any less beautiful. There is a lesson for all of us in that.
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No one told me love could be a God of both living and dying. That girls who love girls do not just drown, they also float.
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Girls like her were born in a storm. They have lightning in their souls. Thunder in their hearts. And chaos in their bones.
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Even the day must let go of the sun and allow the light to disappear, so the darkness can live for a while. The only way out of grief is through it.
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